Schizophrenia
Conditions
Interventions
60 min session per week/SCIT
Treatment as usual without cognitive rehabilitation but attending to other psychosocial treatment programs at least once a week
Sponsors
National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 60 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder according to DSM-IV-TRcriteria recruited from outpatients of National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry(NCNP).All patients are 20-65 years-old, who are attending to a psychosocial treatment program at least once a week, and have the capacity to give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Serious suicidal ideation present at screening, History of substance/alcohol use disorder within 3 months prior to the screening, Estimated IQ lower than 70 assessed by Japanese Adult Reading Test (JART), Life-threatening, severe or unstable physical disorders at screening, Patients that were decided to be inapprop riate to participate in the study by the doctor in charge and/or the investigator for any other reason
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a) treatment adherence rate b) intrinsic motivation for SCIT assessed by IMI(intrinsic motivation inventory) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a) change of psychiatric symptom severity assessed by PANSS b) change of neurocognitive function assessed by BACS c) change of social cognition assessed by FEIT, Hinting task, SCSQ d) change of metacognition assessed by MCQ e) change of social functioning assessed by SFS and GAF | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactAyako Kanie
National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry
Outcome results
None listed